| The Navratna PSU with which Indian Railways has signed a MoU for smart redevelopment of 10 railway stations (Delhi Sarai Rohilla, Lucknow, Gomtinagar, Kota, Tirupati, Nellore, Ernakulam, Puducherry, Madgaon and Thane New Stations) | NBCC Ltd |
| The city in United Arab Emirates which has been announced as the World Book Capital for 2019 by UNESCO | Sharjah |
| The founder and chairman of Lupin Limited, a multinational pharmaceutical company, who passed away on 26 June 2017 | Desh Bandhu Gupta |
| The contestant from Haryana who has been crowned Femina Miss India 2017 at a beauty pageant held in Mumbai | Manushi Chhillar |
| The new training programme for State Govt officials launched by the Minister of State for Development of North Eastern Region (I/C), Prime Minister’s Office, Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr. Jitendra Singh with the objective of improving the public service delivery mechanism and provide citizen centric administration is named | COMMIT (Comprehensive Online Modified Modules on Induction Training) |
| The committee constituted by the Central Govt for preparation of final draft of National Education Policy is headed by | Dr. K. Kasturirangan |
| The Indian badminton player who has won the Australia Open Super Series tournament defeating China's Chen Lang in the finals | Kidambi Srikanth |
| The State whose scheme to improve the improve the life and the status of the girls, namely Kanyashree Prakalpa has been awarded the United Nations Public Service Award | West Bengal |
| The anti-hunger activist from India who has been chosen to be conferred Queen's Young Leaders Award by United Kingdom | Ankit Kawatra |
| The two Indian States which have become the 4th and 5th States to be declared Open Defecation Free (after Sikkim, Himachal Pradesh and Kerala) | Uttarakhand and Haryana |
| The country which has unveiled world's first train which runs on virtual track making use of sensor technology instead of metal rails | China |
| The Indian member of the International Court of Justice who has been re-nominated to the court for another term | Justice Dalveer Bhandari |
| The President of Vanuatu who passed away suddenly due to a heart attack on 17 June 2017 | Baldwin Lonsdale |
| The Indian badminton player who has won the Indonesia Open Super Series tournament defeating Japan's Kazumasa Sakai in the finals | Kidambi Srikanth |
| The eminent writer from Arunachal Pradesh who has been conferred Sarhad's 5th Bhupen Hazarika National Award 2017 | Yeshe Dorjee Thongchi |
| The place in Maharashtra where IOC, BPCL and HPCL have jointly decided to build one of the world's largest integrated refinery-cum-petrochemicals complexes with a capacity of 60 million metric tonnes per annum (MMTPA) to be commissioned by the year 2022 | Ratnagiri |
| China's first X-Ray Modulation Telescope launched from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on 15 June to study the evolution of black holes, strong magnetic fields and gamma-ray bursts is named | Insight |
| The book written by David Grossman (Israel) which has been chosen for the Man Booker International Prize 2017 | A Horse Walks into a Bar |
| The former Chancellor of Germany, known for his role in German reunification and creation of Eurozone, who passed away on 16 June 2017 | Helmut Kohl |
| The former Chief Justice of India considered a pioneer of judicial activism in the country for introducing the concept of PILs who passed away on 15 June 2017 | Justice P.N. Bhagwati |
| The second bilateral maritime exercise by the Navies of India and Australia at Fremantle, Australia from June 17 to June 19 is named | AUSINDEX-17 |
| The initiative launched by Kerala Social Security Mission (KSSM) under the social justice department for the management of disabled in the State is named | Anuyatra |
| The places in Kerala where foundation stones of 2 mega food parks developed by Kerala Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation (KINFRA) and Kerala State Industrial Development Corporation (KSIDC) respectively were laid recently | Palakkad and Alappuzha |
| The private sector insurance company which has been taken over by Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India in the interest of policy holders | Sahara India Life Insurance |
| The State whose Project Jal Sanchay has been selected for National Award for Excellence in the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Programme (MGNREGP) | Bihar |
| The only Indian sportsperson who has been listed in the 2017 Forbes List of Highest Paid athletes (the list is topped by footballer Cristiano Ronaldo) | Virat Kohli (rank 89) |
| The Sri Lankan cricketer who has become the first from his country to be inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame | Muttiah Muralitharan |
| The Union Minister of Health who has been conferred WHO Director-General’s Special Recognition Award for global tobacco control | Shri J.P. Nadda |
| The State which has become the first in the country to launch a pension for single women (Rs. 1000/- per month) | Telangana |
| The State which has announced implementation of Green Protocol for wedding ceremonies banning use of plastic and non-biodegradable items at such functions | Kerala |
| The State in which first project for rural LED street lighting in the country under the Government of India’s Street Lighting National Project (SLNP) will be implemented | Andhra Pradesh |
| The place in Andhra Pradesh which has been chosen to be awarded MGNREGA annual award for effective implementation of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act during 2015-16 | Vizianagaram |
| The Indian badminton player who has won his first Grand Prix Gold title clinching the Thailand Open defeating Christie Jonatan of Indonesia in Bangkok | Sai Praneeth |
| The hypersonic missile capable of travelling at 4600 mph (making it impossible to be intercepted) test fired by Russia is named | Zircon |
| The place in Odisha where the State's first Mega Food Park was inaugurated by Smt. Harsimrat Kaur Badal, Hon’ble Minister of Food Processing Industries | Rayagada |
| The only assigned competition manager of International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF), who has become the first Indian to be nominated as a member of the Umpires and Referees Committee (URC) | Ganeshan Neelakanta Iyer |
| The state in which India's first automatic coastal warning for disasters (Early Warning Dissemination System) that would enable loud sirens go off simultaneously from towers at 122 locations by July | Odisha |
| The country which has decided to withdraw from 2015 Paris Agreement on Climate Change | U.S.A. |
| The new Prime Minister of Nepal who is succeeding Pushpa Kamal Dahal who resigned in May 2017 | Sher Bahadur Deuba |
| The city in which the first case of Zika virus infection in India has been reported | Ahmedabad |
Designated by: United Nations General Assembly
First observed: 2012
Designated by: Food and Agricultural Organisation
First observed: 2001
Designated by: UN General Assembly
Designated by: United Nations General Assembly
First observed: 1974
Host Country: Canada
Theme: Connecting People to Nature
Designated by: UN General Assembly
First Observed in: 2009
Theme: Our Oceans, Our Future
Designated by: International Labour Organization
First Observed in: 2002
Theme: In conflicts and disasters, protect children from child labour
Designated by: World Health Organisation
First Observed in: 2004
Theme: What can you do? Give blood, Give now, Give often
Designated by: UN General Assembly
Theme: Understand and End Financial Abuse of Older People: A Human Rights Issue
First Observed in: 2012
Designated by: United Nations General Assembly
Theme: Preventing Sexual Violence Crimes through Justice and Deterrence
First Observed in: 2015
Designated by: UN General Assembly
First Observed in: 2001
Designated by: UN General Assembly
Theme: Yoga for Health
First Observed in: 2015
Designated by: United Nations General Assembly
First Observed in: 2011
Designated by: UN General Assembly
First Observed in: 1988
Theme: Listen First - Listening to children and youth is the first step to help them grow healthy and safe
The Yuva Puraskar are awarded annually for the first book or best book by an author of age 35 and below and carry a cash prize of Rs 50,000 and a copper plaque.
Assamese - Pratim Baruah; Bengali - Shamik Ghosh; Bodo - Bijit Gwra Ramchiary; Dogri - Rajinder Ranjha; English - Manu S. Pillai; Gujarati - Ram Mori; Hindi - Taro Sindik; Kannada - Shanthi K. Appanna; Kashmiri - Nighat Sahiba; Konkani - Amey Vishram Naik; Maithili - Chandan Kumar Jha; Malayalam - Aswathy Sasikumar; Manipuri - Kh. Krishnamohan Singha; Marathi - Rahul Kosambi; Nepali - Sarang Muskan; Odia - Suryasnata Tripathy; Punjabi - Harmanjit Singh; Rajasthani - Ummed Dhaniya; Sanskrit - Hemchandra Belwal; Santhali - Maina Tudu; Sindhi - Rekha Sachdev Pohani; Tamil - J. Jayabharathi; Telugu - Mercy Margaret; Urdu - Rasheed Ashraf Khan
The Bala Sahitya Puraskar are awarded annually for the book on children literature in the past 5 years and carry a cash prize of Rs 50,000 and a copper plaque.
Assamese - Horendra Nath Borthakur; Bengali - Shashthipada Chattopadhyay; Bodo - Renu Boro; Dogri - Sudesh Raj; English - Paro Anand; Gujarati - Harish Nayak; Hindi - Sri Swayamprakash; Kannada - NS Lakshminarayana Bhatta; Kashmiri - Showkat Ansari; Konkani - Vincy Quadros; Maithili - Amlendu Sekhar Pathak; Malayalam - SR Lal; Manipuri - Wareppam Jugindra Singh; Marathi - LM Kadu; Nepali - Shanti Chettri; Odia - Subhendra Mohan Srichandan Singh; Punjabi - Satpal Bhikhi; Rajasthani - Pawan Pahadia; Sanskrit - Raj Kumar Mishra; Santhali - Joba Murmu; Sindhi - Roshan Golani; Tamil - Velu Saravanan; Telugu - Vasala Narasaiah; Urdu - Nazeer Fatehpuri
Launched on: 29 June 2017
Launched from: Kourou, French Guiana
Launch vehicle: Ariane-5 VA-238
About GSAT-17: The 3477 kg GSAT-17 carries communication payloads in C-band, Extended C-band and S-band for providing various services to the country. The satellite also carries equipment for meteorological data relay and satellite based search and rescue services.
The Union Ministry of Urban Development has launched the ‘City Liveability Index’ for measuring the quality of life in 116 major cities including smart cities, capital cities and cities with a population of above one million each.
The Index is a Common Minimum Reference Framework to enable the cities know where they stand in terms of quality of life and the interventions required to improve the same.
The cities will be assessed on a comprehensive set of 79 parameters to capture the extent and quality of infrastructure including availability of roads, education and health care, mobility, employment opportunities, emergency response, grievance redressal, pollution, availability of open and green spaces, cultural and entertainment opportunities etc.
Launch date: 23 June 2017
Satellite launched: CartoSat-2 along with 30 smaller satellites
Launched from: Sriharikota
Remarks: This was the 40th mission of PSLV. One of the 30 co-passenger satellites carried by PSLV-C38 was the 15 kg NIUSAT, a University/Academic Institute satellite from Nurul Islam University, Tamil Nadu, India. The remaining 29 co-passenger satellites carried were international customer satellites from USA (10), United Kingdom (3), Belgium (3), Italy (3), Austria (1), Chile (1), Czech Republic (1), Finland (1), France (1), Germany (1), Japan (1), Latvia (1), Lithuania (1) and Slovakia (1). With today’s successful launch, the total number of customer satellites from abroad placed in orbit by India’s workhorse launch vehicle PSLV has reached 209.
Host: England and Wales
Participating teams: Australia, England, India, South Africa, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Pakistan
Winner & Runners-up: Pakistan and India
Player of the series: Hasan Ali (Pakistan)
Most Runs: Shikhar Dhawan (338)
Most Wickets: Hasan Ali (13)
Venue for the finals: Oval, London
Host for 2021 Champions Trophy: India
To commemorate the 100 years of Sabarmati Ashram and Champaran Satyagrah, Indian Railways has decided to run Gandhi Darshan Special Tourist Train or Astha Special Tourist Train as it is officially called.
Destination covered: Wardha, Motihari, Bettiah, Gaya, Varanasi, Allahabad & Surat
Boarding Points: Sabarmati – Anand – Vadodara – Bharuch – Surat
Flagged off from: Bandra
NITI Aayog has launched SATH, a program providing ‘Sustainable Action for Transforming Human capital’ with the State Governments. The vision of the program is to initiate transformation in the education and health sectors.
SATH aims to identify and build three future ‘role model’ states for health systems. The programme will be implemented by NITI along with McKinsey & Company and IPE Global consortium, who were selected through a competitive bidding process.
To select the three model states, NITI defined a three-stage process – expression of interest, presentations by the states and assessment of commitment to health sector reforms. NITI invited all states and UTs to participate in the program. Sixteen states expressed prima facie interest, of which fourteen made their presentations. Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chandigarh, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Punjab, Telangana and Uttar Pradesh presented their project proposal to a Committee headed by Member of NITI Aayog, Shri Bibek Debroy and comprising of CEO, Amitabh Kant as well as a representative from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
Of these fourteen states, five have been shortlisted. Subsequently, three will be selected on the basis of further evaluations and objective assessment of criteria affecting the potential for impact and likelihood of success. Metrics such as MMR, IMR, incidence of malaria and others have been considered for determining potential impact while density of doctors and nurses, compliance to IPHS norms are some of the metrics used to determine likelihood of success. The programme will be launched in the three selected states after the signing of MoUs.
| Title | Winner | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|
| Men's Singles | Rafael Nadal (Spain) | Stan Wawrinka (Switzerland) |
| Women's Singles | Jelena Ostapenko (Latvia) | Simona Halep (Romania) |
| Mens's Doubles | Ryan Harrison (USA) and Michael Venus (New Zealand) | Santiago Gonzalez (Mexico) and Donald Young (USA) |
| Women's Doubles | Bethanie Mattek-Sands (U.S.A.) and Lucie Safarova (Czech Republic) | Ashleigh Barty (Australia) and Casey Dellacqua (Australia) |
| Mixed Doubles | Gabriela Dabrowski (Canada) and Rohan Bopanna (India) | Anna-Lena Gronefeld (Germany) and Robert Farah (Colombia) |
Note: Rafael Nadal has won his 10th French Open title (highest number of French Open singles titles).
Launch date: 05 June 2017
Satellite launched: GSAT - 19
Launched from: Sriharikota
GSLV Mk III is a three-stage heavy lift launch vehicle developed by ISRO. It is designed to carry 4 ton class of satellites into Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GTO) or about 10 tons to Low Earth Orbit (LEO), which is about twice the capability of GSLV Mk II.
The Crisis Within - Ganesh Devy
Indira Gandhi - A Life in Nature - Jairam Ramesh
SATH: Sustainable Action for Transforming Human capital
VAJRA: Visiting Advanced Joint Research
1. Which is the most profitable PSU in India?
2. Telangana formation day is observed on -
3. INAM-Pro is a web based application launched by the Central Govt to facilitate buying and selling of -
4. Which country is planning to conduct T20 Global League cricket tournament?
5. Leo Varadkar, a person of Indian origin is set to become the next Prime Minister of which country?
6. With which country did Saudi Arabia, UAE, Egypt, Yeman and Bahrain cut off diplomatic ties recently?
7. In which country is Budhi Gandaki Hydroelectric project being developed?
8. In which country did the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi present 100 volumes of Buddhist text Urga Kanjur to the head priest of a Buddhist Temple?
9. A military aircraft of which country crashed in the Andaman Sea recently killing all 122 people on board?
10. With which of the following is Sunil Jaglan associated?
11. Recently 'Vatsalya – Maatri Amrit Kosh', a National Human Milk Bank and Lactation Counselling Centre was launched at the Lady Hardinge Medical College (LHMC), New Delhi. The centre has been established with collaboration of -
12. In which State is the Kambala, buffalo race organised?
13. Which English letter has been used as an inset letter in both the number panels in the new series of 500 rupee notes released recently by RBI?
14. In which state has the Indian Army launched Army's Super-40 initiative for coaching youth for engineering entrance examinations?
15. In which country is the ANUGA food trade fair held biennially?
16. Which of the following programmes has been launched by the Union Govt in a bid to reverse brain-drain, and enable non-resident Indian scientists to work in the country's institutions for a period of one to three months?
17. Operations at which of the following ports were severely affected due to a ransomware attack?
18. In which year was the first ATM put into use?